I AM Vintage Pinback Button old marbles Three of them are carved

Three of them are carved with crosshatching at the wide end so would have been used as wax seals

the Morse set

I am not a great expert on samplers

There are a handful of pages where a bottom quarter has been cut out (perhaps to pass a note to another student

A note on the underside of this carved alligator informs us that it won 3rd place in the  Douval County Fair

I AM Vintage Pinback Button old marbles Three of them are carvedI've become kind of obsessed with this button, which through very simple means manages to invoke many many things at one. Immediately it made me think the I Am A Man protest signs from the Civil Rights era and here, without a noun, it could stand as a demand for equality, dignity, and respect for each and all. Simultaneously, the letters spell "AIM," evincing aspiration but also suggesting a direct pointing at a target. And, with the cream colored